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and we can say when with renewed confidence that the state of our union is stronger. >> president obama taking his second term agenda to the american people during last night's state of the union address. good morning, everyone. this is "way too early," the show whose staff would welcome a hike in the minimum wage. a little state of the union humor for you on this wednesday, february 13th. we have a lot to talk about including what appears to be the conclusion to that deadly standoff with alleged cop killer chris dorner. we'll have the latest on that story straight ahead plus a fire breaking out on that carnival cruise stranding 3,000 passengers with only five working bathrooms. that would be safe to say the worst vacation ever. before that, we get to our top story. in the first state of the union address since winning a second term, president obama calling for smarter government and focused largely on the struggles of the middle class. the hour-long speech hit on

themes such as raising the minimum wage and infrastructure. in the eyes of the president, the nation will have a hard time seeing any progress unless the partisan politics of washington give way to cooperation and a little bit of common sense. >> let's set party interests aside and replace a budget that replaces reckless cuts with smart savings and wise investments in our future and let's do it without the brinksmanship that stresses consumers an scares off investors. the greatest nation on earth -- the greatest nation on earth cannot keep conducting its business by drifting from one manufactured crisis to the next. we can't do it. let's agree right here, right now to keep the people's government open and pay our bills on time and always uphold the full faith and credit of the united states of america. >> also on his domestic agenda,

immigration reform. an issue that actually has potential for support from both sides of the aisle. >> our economy is stronger when we harness the talents and ingenuity of striving, hopeful immigran immigrants. and right now leaders from the business labor, law enforcement, faith communities, they all agree that the time has come to pass comprehensive immigration reform. now is the time to do it. now's the time to get it done. let's get this done. send me a comprehensive immigration reform bill in the next few months and i will sign it right away and america will be better for it. let's get it done. >> by the way if, you're a democrat, you didn't have to do that kettle bell workout. up and down, up and down. along with immigration, the issue of gun legislation dominating the recent attention and was pretty much the most intense part of the speech last night in terms of emotion with the parents of a young victim of

violence seated alongside the first lady. president obama pressed his case before congress and the nation. >> hadiyah's parents are in this chamber tonight along with more than two dozen americans whose lives have been torn apart by gun violence. they deserve a vote. they deserve a vote. gabby giffords deserves a vote. the families of newtown deserve a vote. the families of aurora deserve a vote. the families of oak creek and tucson and blacksburg and the countless other communities ripped open by gun violence, they deserve a simple vote. >> the president also pivoted to the war in afghanistan where he made news by announcing another milestone in the push to wind

down america's longest conflict. >> tonight i can announce that over the next year another 34,000 american troops will come home from afghanistan. this drawdown will continue. by the end of next year, our war in afghanistan will be over. >> joining us now, chief white house correspondent for "politico" mike allen. i want to start with what surprised you about the speech? anything in there? >> the speech was very ambitious. meat on the bones of the vision the president described in the inaugural address. and then the inaugural address we heard him describing the world as he would like it to be. last night we heard the president talking about the road to get there. and he's building pressure from outside on congress to do things they don't necessarily want to do. that little clip you showed where the president said let's get this done. that deliberately echoed the words of gabby giffords in the most emotional part of that speech, getting the country to

push congress on guns. >> mike, let me ask you then, i mean it was the most emotional part of the speech. but there is a lot of debate about what will get done. what is your best guess of what could pass here in terms of actual legislation? >> yeah. probably pass is modest, the president knows that. probably increased registration requirements. there's no ban on assault weapons or as the president last night called them weapons of war. but if we asked a year ago if any kind of gun control would be in the offing, we would have said no way. similarly on immigration, there's a deal to be had here on immigration. the senate again is going to go first. the shou the house is going to hang back and wait for them to act. this is another place where the president wants to change the face of america in next couple weeks. he started last night with a quote by jfk. this is an address that could have been delivered by lbj.

the president is saying i'm looking beyond these budget battles which have jammed the pipeline and congress. i want congress to do more. i want my second term to be about more. >> right. takes two to tango with a logjam. democrats on one side and the republicans on the other side. marco rubio of florida delivering the republican response. let's take a quick look at a portion of that. >> his solution to virtually every problem we face is for washington to tax more, borrow more and spend more. the idea that more taxes and more government spending is the best way to help hard-working middle class taxpayers, that's an old idea that's failed every time it's been tried. more government isn't going it help you get ahead. it's going to hold you back. more government isn't going to create more opportunities. it's going to limit them. >> of course, we'll get to watergate later. but in terms of the republican party, does that sound like a party that's willing to work with the president on these things? >> well, the party itself looks pretty unwilling to work with

the president. just yesterday the house speaker john boehner in a meeting with -- breakfast meeting with television correspondents and anchors said he didn't think that president obama had the guts to do something big, to fix entitlement. that doesn't sound like somebody about to make a deal. senator rubio wanted to put a little rat n literal new face on the party. at the end he said god bless the presidentment president. he told his story coming up as a family that was an only in america story coming up from cuba. he talked about the fact that he still lives in a middle class neighborhood. he said i'm not trying to protect the rich. i'm trying to protect my neighbors. >> it will be interesting to hear what joe has to say at the top of the hour. mike allen will be joining us. members of congress were locked in a bitter fight over the nomination of chuck hagel as the next secretary of defense.

in a sharply divided 14-11 vote, the arms services committee sent his nomination to the senate floor but only after hours of pretty intense debate. >> we saw with his nomination something truly extraordinary which is the government of iran formally and publicly praising the nomination of a defense secretary. i would suggest to you that to my knowledge that is unprecedented to see a foreign nation like iran publicly celebrating a nomination. >> i want to put on the record that this senator feels like that senator cruz has gone over the line. he basically has impugned the patriotism of the nominee. in your conclusions which you're entitled to come to about him in essence being cozy with iran. >> my friend senator nelson was, i think i wrote down the words

criticizing our senator there for implying that chuck hagel was cozy with terrorist type countries, referring to iran. i'll only say not only -- i'd say he's endorsed by iran. you can't get any cozier than that. >> i have to tell you, senator, be careful. because you might have an organization that would endorse you that you find abhorrent. and then would you have the right to say -- would i have the right to say you were cozy with them? what if some horrible organization tomorrow said you were the best guy they knew? >> senator hagel is an honorable man. he served his country and no one on this committee at any time should impugn his character or his integrity. >> intense stuff. officials in california now confirm the body has been found in a burned out cabin where a former police officer and alleged murderer took cover amid

a massive federal manhunt. the suspect 3shgs 3-year-old chris dorner never emerged from the building as it was consumed by flames. according to investigators, the former navy reservist shot two deputies yesterday killing one as the officers surrounded his position about 80 miles east of los angeles. the suspect is accused of killing at least four people over the last week in what was considered revenge for his firing from the lapd. although it's still unclear what sparked the fire, police say they heard a single gunshot from inside the cabin and medical testing is now being done to confirm the body's identity. also, thousands of people onboard a disabled cruise ship have another nasty day ahead of them. anyone who has ever been on vacation can certainly have some sympathy on this one. shortage of food, sweltering heat and broken bathrooms, the ship's arrival back on shore could not come soon enough. >> reporter: it's a long, slow ride. tug boats drive the disabled cargo cruise ship to mobile.

and with five working toilets, for some 3,000 passengers, it's a pretty miserable ride. donna gutsman is onboard. >> the worst part is the bathrooms. there's no water. you can't really flush. so everyone's going in little plastic baggies. >> the stench is inescapable. there is no air conditioning onboard. many with interior gcabins have taken mattresses to other areas. >> they're sleeping on the deck on lounge chairs and the boat is just rocking back and forth because there's no stabilization. >> reporter: food service is limited. onion sandwiches were reportedly on the menu and the wait for something to eat can last up to three hours. marissa's mother is celebrating her birthday on the ship. >> people are starting to get very frustrated is what she was saying. you know, it's a very panicky situation. >> triumph has been dead in water and drifting north since an engine room fire sunday.

plans to tow it to mexico were scrapped when the ship drifted too far north. now being towed to alabama, it will be late wednesday or even thursday before passengers are finally able to get off. >> i have enough trouble with 50 people on an airport and a bathroom. that is just unbelievable. that was nbc's janet chandley reporting. i haven't heard of onion sandwiches being eaten since i read hemingway in high school. as always, let us know why you're awake. shoot us an e-mail, if you can name the hemingway book where he ate onion sandwiches or you can tweet me with other obscure references, we'll read your responses later. marco rubio takes an awkward water break while delivering the spans to president's speech. we'll show you the clip and other moments you may have missed from last night's state of the union address. plus, lewis selflessly offered

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weather with bill karins. >> did you say kate upton is going to be here? >> no, lewis is going to talk about kate upton. >> oh, okay. i was going to say. we set the bar pretty high. >> there is kate upton and then lewis talking about her. >> she's not going to be here because of lewis. >> nice. good morning, everyone. two chances of snow for the east in the next couple days. looks like a minimal chance over weekend. a little coating as we go throughout the night tonight. bring the umbrella with you this morning, it's raining in virginia and north carolina and d.c. you'll get rain starting about noon or 2:00. and that will eventually make its way up to philadelphia and new york city. currently that rain is located over kentucky. mixing in with just a little bit of snow. again, this is not a blockbuster snow event by any means, we're only going to get a coating. as far as accumulations go, we're looking at new york city at maybe about an inch or two. again, the timing should be ending sometime around 2:00 a.m. so by this time tomorrow morning, the snow will be jefr with and the plow crews should

be out there and have everything cleared out and everything should be fine. the weekend storm is not looking like a big deal. we can deal with thighs, brian, the little small storms. we don't have any other big ones in the cards either. >> i know we'll get some march or april -- >> what are you going to throw at him? pitchers and catchers reporting and bill made a catch. good shot. >> every now and then. >> that's barnicle. >> it's early. >> we're warming up. that's why we have spring training. let's move on to sports. that was brutal. that's why we're in journalism and not athletics. lebron james, the heat's 117-104 win over the trail blazers last night. james became the first player in nba history to score at least 30 points and shoot 60% or better in six straight games. lebron set the record last night with 30 points on 11 of 15 shooting. he'll try to extend that streak to seven games tomorrow when the heat take on the thunder and rematch of last year's nba finals. you might not beat jordan yet

and win six titles but he's pretty good. kentucky fans were left stunned in silence after the star freshman injured his knee in the second half of the wildcats las to florida. he was helped off the court by his teammates before eventually leaving the arena in a wheelchair. the extent of the injury is still unknown. 25th ranked kentucky struggled this year lost to florida 69-52. on to hockey. pretty amazing goal from the stars game against the oilers. take a look here. dylan of the stars takes a shot but the puck deflects off the back glass, goes off the back of the goalie's neck and into the net. i guess you can't blame the goalie. he doesn't get an assist on that one. and it does count. that's a nice goal to have. stars go on to win 4-1. finally, best in show crowned last night at the westminster dog show. it was the 5-year-old athen pincher named banana joe, that

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all right. let's hit the water cool we are lewis, our official cooler state of the union correspond. >> thank you, brian. we have a lot to cover. everybody loves that grand presidential entrance at the

state of the union last night's walkout was no exception. there were moments that were a bit unconventional. he is greeting mark can you recollect of illinois with a fist pump. he is recovering from a recent stroke. >> he did the exploding power. >> and did president obama skip over greeting democratic representative elliott engel? he was greeting for president's on the sidelines of the state of the union since 1989. listen to nbc news commentary here. >> elliott engel from the bronx. he is right there waiting to pounce. there he is. this is his 25th time. oh, the snub. the president went right by elliott engel who remains there on the aisle. >> skip right over him. >> he couldn't really see. congressman engel said he was not snubbed. on the president's way out you see here he went over to engel and engel got his moment.

so it's all good there. the streak continues for mr. engel. now after the president's speech republican senator marco rubio delivered the official gop response. about 11 minutes in senator rubio took a pause. this caused twitter to light up. take a look. >> in the short time that i've been here in washington, nothing has frustrated me more than false choices like the one the president laid out tonight. you think he could have gotten a water bottle. >> if you watch the whole speech, he was licking his chops a few times before. you know in his head he's doing this -- he's like all i want is a sip of water! >> the sip heard around the world! >> well, the sip that lit up twitter as brian williams coined it, empassioned drink of water. it went crazy on the social media sites. that was the main trend on

twitterment senator rubio left the water battle speak for itself. he personally tweeted this photo of the bottle with #gopresponse after his speech. >> last night we did real reporting work. we stopped about it "sports illustrated" swimsuit launch party to celebrate the 2013 swimsuit issue and find out about the sacrifices necessary to adorn the coveted pages of "si." take a look. >> are you bummed you're missing the state of the union tonight. >> i didn't actually know. i got the cover of "sports illustrated." i don't know anything else that is going on. >> so sad. i actually dvr'd it. >> have you now? >> super bummed. that's tonight. that's tonight, really? >> i'm so sad. i'm so heart broken. >> quite sad. you know, i might go to the bathroom and listen to it. >> i'm super bummed. why would i want to be with all these beautiful ladies in vegas partying? >> he'll call me later and we'll go over it.

>> you may need a valentine date or something. i could easily get out to vegas. >> i think i'm good. >> shut down! >> wow! >> shut down by kate upton. >> i know justice continue verlander. >> did you see the remorse though? they were really concerned that they were missing the state of the union address. >> real concern. that was hard hitting stuff. still ahead on "way too early," why are you awake? your tweets, texts and e-mails next. "morning joe" is just moments away. ♪

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